I-SS middle schools getting more vocational options

Vocational options expanding

Statesville Middle School student Marcelino Nunez (left) learned how to work a stethoscope from Lake Norman High School student Helen Marshall during a career day in this 2013 file photo. I-SS unveiled a plan this week to add to its middle school career and education courses.

Iredell-Statesville Schools is expanding career and technical education (CTE) courses, especially in middle schools, in an effort to guide students toward trade vocations and growing industries at an earlier age.

Judy Honeycutt, assistant director of CTE for I-SS, told board of education members on Monday that the model for middle school CTE needed to change from a focus on computer competency to something more advanced, delving into engineering, advanced manufacturing, the medical field and business.

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